How to Use spurge in a Sentence

spurge

noun
  • Your two weeds are spotted spurge in the first picture and pearlwort in the second picture.
    — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
  • There are no spots, so this is Euphorbia prostrata, ground spurge.
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Also, spurge leaves are flat, and kind of ugly, while purslane leaves are plump and appetizing.
    — Khalil Alhajal, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Just be sure to avoid planting the spurge-laurel variety, which is an invasive plant.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 6 June 2026
  • The window of my room looked out on a hillside thickly planted with heather, tulips, oxeye daisies, spurge, and rhododendron.
    — Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Spotted spurge thrives in nutrient-poor, dry, even sandy soil, often compacted or disturbed.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Or a basic-but-not-boring trench and a totally out-of-this-world, definition-of-spurge-worthy bag?
    — Vogue, 14 Mar. 2019
  • Flowering spurge, a great baby’s-breath accent by itself, can turn a wonderful orange or scarlet.
    — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Casting aside the holiday glow, the poinsettia is nothing but a fancy spurge with a very descriptive scientific name.
    — Dave Taft, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2017
  • A couple of cross members on the arbor have broken, planks that retain beds have decayed and paths meticulously weeded just a month ago are full of nutsedge and prostrate spurge again.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • Mulches applied to the proper depth will help reduce problems with annual weeds that grow from seeds, such as chamberbitters, spurge, annual bluegrass and chickweed.
    — NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • The same plantings from the courtyard—including Jerusalem sage, upright myrtle spurge, and lavender—were repeated throughout the property.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Euphorbia – Bonfire is one of the cushion spurges forms a rounded clump of with leaves that start out green in the spring, but then the foliage takes on shades of purple, red and orange, and supposedly turns red in the fall.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2023
  • Euphorbia cotinifolia commonly called tropical smokebush or copper spurge, is a showy annual for us in Arkansas.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Be careful not to confuse mountain spurge with similar-looking Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis), which is invasive.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021

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